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The strategic ecological impact assessment of urban development policies: a case study of Rizhao City, China

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In China urban development policies (UDP) are legislated aiming to promote the cities’ socio-economic development. Urbanization, however, leads to urban expansion and land-use changes, which in turn affects the structure, function and processes of terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Rizhao City, a seaport city of China, was chosen as a case study in order to study the ecological impacts of UDP at a strategic level. Ecosystems and their components were identified and assessed. The changes of biodiversity, habitats and ecosystem services caused by the UDP of Rizhao City were examined and analyzed. We found that UDP contributes in an essential way to protect and maintain the ecosystems and their components when it comes to land-use change. Based on our analysis, ecosystems as well as ecosystem services of Rizhao City are expected to be maintained in the near future with the current UDP.

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Prof. Lars Hansson of International Institute of Industrial Environmental Economics of Lund University, Sweden and Dr. Edward C. Mignot of Shandong University for linguistic advice. The research was supported financially by “The Scientific Item of Shandong Environment Protection Bureau” (No. 2006049), “Research Award for Outstanding Young Scientist in Shandong Province” (No. 2006BS08008) and “The Educational Funding of Shandong Finance Bureau” (No. 200771).

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  1. Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China

    Shujun Wang, Daqian Wu & Renqing Wang

  2. Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability, 8110 Gatehouse Road, Suite 101 W, Falls Church, VA, 22042, USA

    Jennifer Li

  3. Institute of Environment Research, Shandong University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China

    Jian Liu & Renqing Wang

  4. Shandong Province Environment Protection Bureau, Jinan, People’s Republic of China

    Kai Zhang

  5. Shandong Association of Environment Protection Industry, Jinan, People’s Republic of China

    Kai Zhang

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Wang, S., Li, J., Wu, D. et al. The strategic ecological impact assessment of urban development policies: a case study of Rizhao City, China. Stoch Environ Res Risk Assess 23, 1169–1180 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-008-0290-y

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